Job Opportunity Posted today Updated 29 Sep 2026

Senior Sales Engineer – Control Valves

Job Description

Petropipe is an authorised channel partner for Baker Hughes valve products across multiple countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. We're looking for an experienced control valve sales professional to grow this business across the region.

This is a remote role with extensive travel across Sub-Saharan Africa. There is no fixed office base; you will work from your home country and travel to customer sites across the territory.

Remote, with extensive travel across Sub-Saharan Africa Full time | 5–10 years' field sales experience in control valves

What you'll do - Win new control valve, actuator and instrumentation business across oil and gas, petrochemical, mining and power - Visit customer sites regularly to understand process needs and recommend the right solution - Size and select control valves, and prepare technical and commercial proposals - Present to customers, negotiate terms and convert quotes into orders - Manage key accounts, support after-sales and keep the CRM up to date

What we're looking for - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Instrumentation Engineering - Strong knowledge of control valves, actuators and positioners, and experience with sizing software - A track record of meeting or beating sales targets - Willingness to travel extensively across the territory - The right to work in your country of residence

Strongly preferred - An existing network of end users, EPCs or maintenance contractors in Sub-Saharan African oil and gas, mining or power - Experience with Masoneilan (Baker Hughes), Fisher, Flowserve, Valmet, KOSO or CCI - Portuguese or French is an advantage

Interested? Send your CV to recruit.sadc@ppfze.com or apply through this post. Tell us which African markets and customers you know best.

Petropipe is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.
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